there is no need to register in advance. Just show up. The hotel is about one block from the river Road elevated station or take the shuttle bus from the airport. I found Tammy Nelson was responsive in returning my call about alternative formats. If you are requesting the material on computer disk, be sure to request it in an ASCII text file otherwise it might be in a word processing file format that you can't use. I pass this on as a fyi only. The federal government spends $2.2 billion yearly on this system that, as disability rights activist Barb Knowlen discovered, would rather spend half a million dollars in seven years in hospitalizations and related complications from bedsores, urinary track infections and the like instead of spending $5,000 for a standing wheelchair that would prevent these problems. kelly Sb: Chicago Briefing on Rehab Act Amendments of 1998 Fm: Sallie Rhodes > INTERNET:[log in to unmask] TO: CCD Employment and Training Task Force Members of the National Rehabilitation Facilities Coalition FROM: Sallie Rhodes, NAPAS RE: Notice of Orientation on the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 in Chicago, IL DATE: August 27, 1998 On August 7, 1998, the President signed Public Law 105-220 which reauthorizes the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, as part of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will be conducting its second public orientation on the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 on Thursday, September 17, 1998, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. (Note: The first briefing is being held in Washington, DC, on September 2). The Chicago briefing will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 9300 West Byrn Mawr, Rosement, Illinois (phone: 847-696-1234). The Hyatt Regency Hotel is near the O'Hara International Airport. The briefing will be held in the Grand Ballroom D. Sign-language interpreters will be available during the meeting. Copies of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 will be available at the orientation for attendees. If you need a copy of the Act in accessible format, please contact Deborah Barnes or Tammy Nelson at RSA, 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202; telephone (202)205-8299, as they will not be available for attendees at this meeting. If you need some other type of accommodation, please advise Mrs. Kathleen Niemi, of the RSA Regional Office in Chicago, at (312)886-8623. VICUG-L ARCHIVES http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html INDEX of VICUGS http://trfn.clpgh.org/vipace/vicug/vicugs.html SUBSCRIPTION FORM http://trfn.clpgh.org/vipace/vicug/subscribe.html